Chûwl — H2342

Definition

verb

properly, to twist or whirl (in a circular or spiral manner), i.e. (specifically) to dance, to writhe in pain (especially of parturition) or fear; figuratively, to wait, to pervert

1. to twist, whirl, dance, writhe, fear, tremble, travail, be in anguish, be pained
1. (Qal)
1. to dance
2. to twist, writhe
3. to whirl, whirl about
2. (Polel)
1. to dance
2. to writhe (in travail with), bear, bring forth
3. to wait anxiously
3. (Pulal)
1. to be made to writhe, be made to bear
2. to be brought forth
4. (Hophal) to be born
5. (Hithpolel)
1. whirling (participle)
2. writhing, suffering torture (participle)
3. to wait longingly
6. (Hithpalpel) to be distressed

Usually translated as

be in pain, pained, calve, fear, grievous, tremble, be wounded, dance, fall grievously, look, rest, shapen, sorrow, sorrowful, travail, trust, bear, bring forth, drive away, form, great, grieve, hope, make, be much, shake, stay, tarry, wait carefully

Origin

or chîyl; a primitive root

Greek equivalents

• génnēma (G1081)
• exegeírō (G1825)
• epéchō (G1907)
• eulabéomai (G2125)
• hḗkō (G2240)
• katantáō (G2658)
• katartízō (G2675)
• kopiáō (G2872)
• lambánō (G2983)
• odynáō (G3600)
• pḗgnymi (G4078)
• plássō (G4111)
• prosménō (G4357)
• saleúō (G4531)
• syllambánō (G4815)
• syntríbō (G4937)
• systréphō (G4962)
• tarássō (G5015)
• traumatízō (G5135)
• tréphō (G5142)
• hypoménō (G5278)
• phobéō (G5399)
• ōdín (G5604)
• ōdínō (G5605)

Occurrences

Chûwl occurs 56 times in 52 verses of the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: Genesis (1), Deuteronomy (2), Judges (3), 1 Samuel (1), 2 Samuel (1), 1 Chronicles (2), Esther (1), Job (6), Psalms (11), Proverbs (3), Isaiah (9), Jeremiah (5), Lamentations (1), Ezekiel (1), Hosea (1), Joel (1), Micah (1), Habakkuk (1), Zechariah (1)

• Genesis 8:10 — And he stayed (וַיָּ֣חֶל) yet other seven days; and again he sent forth the dove out of the ark;
• Deuteronomy 2:25 — This day will I begin to put the dread of thee and the fear of thee upon the nations that are under the whole heaven, who shall hear report of thee, and shall tremble, and be in anguish (וְחָל֖וּ) because of thee.
• Deuteronomy 32:18 — Of the Rock that begat thee thou art unmindful, and hast forgotten God that formed (מְחֹלְלֶֽךָ) thee.
• Judges 3:25 — And they tarried (וַיָּחִ֣ילוּ) till they were ashamed: and, behold, he opened not the doors of the parlour; therefore they took a key, and opened them: and, behold, their lord was fallen down dead on the earth.
• Judges 21:21 — And see, and, behold, if the daughters of Shiloh come out to dance (לָח֣וּל) in dances, then come ye out of the vineyards, and catch you every man his wife of the daughters of Shiloh, and go to the land of Benjamin.
• Judges 21:23 — And the children of Benjamin did so, and took them wives, according to their number, of them that danced (הַמְּחֹלְל֖וֹת), whom they caught: and they went and returned unto their inheritance, and repaired the cities, and dwelt in them.
• 1 Samuel 31:3 — And the battle went sore against Saul, and the archers hit him; and he was sore wounded (וַיָּ֥חֶל) of the archers.
• 2 Samuel 3:29 — Let it rest (יָחֻ֙לוּ֙) on the head of Joab, and on all his father’s house; and let there not fail from the house of Joab one that hath an issue, or that is a leper, or that leaneth on a staff, or that falleth on the sword, or that lacketh bread.
• 1 Chronicles 10:3 — And the battle went sore against Saul, and the archers hit him, and he was wounded (וַיָּ֖חֶל) of the archers.
• 1 Chronicles 16:30 — Fear (חִ֤ילוּ) before him, all the earth: the world also shall be stable, that it be not moved.
• Esther 4:4 — So Esther’s maids and her chamberlains came and told it her. Then was the queen exceedingly grieved (וַתִּתְחַלְחַ֥ל); and she sent raiment to clothe Mordecai, and to take away his sackcloth from him: but he received it not.
• Job 15:7 — Art thou the first man that was born? or wast thou made (חוֹלָֽלְתָּ) before the hills?
• Job 15:20 — The wicked man travaileth with pain (מִתְחוֹלֵ֑ל) all his days, and the number of years is hidden to the oppressor.
• Job 20:21 — There shall none of his meat be left; therefore shall no man look (יָחִ֥יל) for his goods.
• Job 26:5 — Dead things are formed (יְחוֹלָ֑לוּ) from under the waters, and the inhabitants thereof.
• Job 35:14 — Although thou sayest thou shalt not see him, yet judgment is before him; therefore trust (וּתְח֥וֹלֵֽל) thou in him.
• Job 39:1 — Knowest thou the time when the wild goats of the rock bring forth? or canst thou mark when the hinds do calve (חֹלֵ֖ל)?
• Psalms 10:5 — His ways are always grievous (יָ֘חִ֤ילוּ); thy judgments are far above out of his sight: as for all his enemies, he puffeth at them.
• Psalms 29:8 — The voice of the LORD shaketh (יָחִ֣יל) the wilderness; the LORD shaketh the wilderness of Kadesh.
• Psalms 29:8 — The voice of the LORD shaketh the wilderness; the LORD shaketh (יָחִ֥יל) the wilderness of Kadesh.
• Psalms 29:9 — The voice of the LORD maketh the hinds to calve (יְחוֹלֵ֣ל), and discovereth the forests: and in his temple doth every one speak of his glory.
• Psalms 37:7 — Rest in the LORD, and wait patiently (וְהִתְח֪וֹלֵ֫ל) for him: fret not thyself because of him who prospereth in his way, because of the man who bringeth wicked devices to pass.
• Psalms 51:5 — Behold, I was shapen (חוֹלָ֑לְתִּי) in iniquity; and in sin did my mother conceive me.
• Psalms 55:4 — My heart is sore pained (יָחִ֣יל) within me: and the terrors of death are fallen upon me.
• Psalms 77:16 — The waters saw thee, O God, the waters saw thee; they were afraid (יָחִ֑ילוּ): the depths also were troubled.
• Psalms 90:2 — Before the mountains were brought forth, or ever thou hadst formed (וַתְּח֣וֹלֵֽל) the earth and the world, even from everlasting to everlasting, thou art God.
• Psalms 96:9 — O worship the LORD in the beauty of holiness: fear (חִ֥ילוּ) before him, all the earth.
• Psalms 97:4 — His lightnings enlightened the world: the earth saw, and trembled (וַתָּחֵ֣ל).
• Psalms 114:7 — Tremble (ח֣וּלִי), thou earth, at the presence of the Lord, at the presence of the God of Jacob;
• Proverbs 8:24 — When there were no depths, I was brought forth (חוֹלָ֑לְתִּי); when there were no fountains abounding with water.
• Proverbs 25:23 — The north wind driveth away (תְּח֣וֹלֵֽל) rain: so doth an angry countenance a backbiting tongue.
• Proverbs 26:10 — The great God that formed all things both rewardeth the fool, and rewardeth transgressors.
• Isaiah 13:8 — And they shall be afraid: pangs and sorrows shall take hold of them; they shall be in pain (יְחִיל֑וּן) as a woman that travaileth: they shall be amazed one at another; their faces shall be as flames.
• Isaiah 23:4 — Be thou ashamed, O Zidon: for the sea hath spoken, even the strength of the sea, saying, I travail (חַ֣לְתִּי) not, nor bring forth children, neither do I nourish up young men, nor bring up virgins.
• Isaiah 23:5 — As at the report concerning Egypt, so shall they be sorely pained (יָחִ֖ילוּ) at the report of Tyre.
• Isaiah 26:17 — Like as a woman with child, that draweth near the time of her delivery, is in pain (תָּחִ֥יל), and crieth out in her pangs; so have we been in thy sight, O LORD.
• Isaiah 26:18 — We have been with child, we have been in pain (חַ֔לְנוּ), we have as it were brought forth wind; we have not wrought any deliverance in the earth; neither have the inhabitants of the world fallen.
• Isaiah 45:10 — Woe unto him that saith unto his father, What begettest thou? or to the woman, What hast thou brought forth (תְּחִילִֽין)?
• Isaiah 54:1 — Sing, O barren, thou that didst not bear; break forth into singing, and cry aloud, thou that didst not travail with child (חָ֔לָה): for more are the children of the desolate than the children of the married wife, saith the LORD.
• Isaiah 66:7 — Before she travailed (תָּחִ֖יל), she brought forth; before her pain came, she was delivered of a man child.
• Isaiah 66:8 — Who hath heard such a thing? who hath seen such things? Shall the earth be made to bring forth (הֲי֤וּחַל) in one day? or shall a nation be born at once? for as soon as Zion travailed, she brought forth her children.
• Isaiah 66:8 — Who hath heard such a thing? who hath seen such things? Shall the earth be made to bring forth in one day? or shall a nation be born at once? for as soon as Zion travailed (חָ֛לָה), she brought forth her children.
• Jeremiah 5:3 — O LORD, are not thine eyes upon the truth? thou hast stricken them, but they have not grieved (חָ֔לוּ); thou hast consumed them, but they have refused to receive correction: they have made their faces harder than a rock; they have refused to return.
• Jeremiah 5:22 — Fear ye not me? saith the LORD: will ye not tremble (תָחִ֔ילוּ) at my presence, which have placed the sand for the bound of the sea by a perpetual decree, that it cannot pass it: and though the waves thereof toss themselves, yet can they not prevail; though they roar, yet can they not pass over it?
• Jeremiah 23:19 — Behold, a whirlwind of the LORD is gone forth in fury, even a grievous (מִתְחוֹלֵ֑ל) whirlwind: it shall fall grievously upon the head of the wicked.
• Jeremiah 23:19 — Behold, a whirlwind of the LORD is gone forth in fury, even a grievous whirlwind: it shall fall grievously (יָחֽוּל) upon the head of the wicked.
• Jeremiah 30:23 — Behold, the whirlwind of the LORD goeth forth with fury, a continuing whirlwind: it shall fall with pain (יָחֽוּל) upon the head of the wicked.
• Jeremiah 51:29 — And the land shall tremble and sorrow (וַתָּחֹ֑ל): for every purpose of the LORD shall be performed against Babylon, to make the land of Babylon a desolation without an inhabitant.
• Lamentations 4:6 — For the punishment of the iniquity of the daughter of my people is greater than the punishment of the sin of Sodom, that was overthrown as in a moment, and no hands stayed (חָ֥לוּ) on her.
• Ezekiel 30:16 — And I will set fire in Egypt: Sin shall have great pain (תָּחוּל֙), and No shall be rent asunder, and Noph shall have distresses daily.